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The great celestial icon―the Big Dipper―begins its ascent in the springtime sky of the Earth's Northern Hemisphere above where a mother camel nurses her baby on the evening of March 6, 2009. These are two of dozens of massive outdoor sculptures of animals that once dominated Southern California's Anza-Borrego Desert.
Such a photo would have been impossible five million years ago when desert camels roamed the area, not only because there were no cameras and photographers but also because the Dipper itself didn't exist. Five of the Big Dipper's stars form part of a swarm called the Ursa Major Moving Group and these move independently of the two stars at the Dipper's ends.
/ Nursing camel in moonlight ...